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And so, Jason's visit draws to a close, as he heads out tomorrow morning. We've seen most of Balaklia, a little bit of Kharkiv (including a very good Italian restaurant), and were touristy in Kyiv today. Pictures will be following soon. :)

Tonight we are going to eat at that well-known and classy restaurant, McDonalds, and then go see the opera Madam Butterfly at the Kyiv Opera Theater, tickets 15 hryven ($3) each. After looking up the plot on Wikipedia, Jason pointed out that it wasn't a particularly romantic story. But the other theater productions we've been to together include Arthur Miller's All My Sons (gloomy, depressing, and provoking interesting conversations afterwards) and Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus (gory, over-the-top, and inducing much laugher). Not very romantic either. :)